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Design Aspects of Additive Manufacturing at Microscale: A Review

Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for almost three decades. Microscale AM is one of the fastest-growing fields of research within the AM area. Considerable progress has been made in the development and commercialization of new and innovative microscale AM proce...

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Autores principales: Rogkas, Nikolaos, Vakouftsis, Christos, Spitas, Vasilios, Lagaros, Nikos D., Georgantzinos, Stelios K.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35630242
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13050775
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author Rogkas, Nikolaos
Vakouftsis, Christos
Spitas, Vasilios
Lagaros, Nikos D.
Georgantzinos, Stelios K.
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Vakouftsis, Christos
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description Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for almost three decades. Microscale AM is one of the fastest-growing fields of research within the AM area. Considerable progress has been made in the development and commercialization of new and innovative microscale AM processes, as well as several practical applications in a variety of fields. However, there are still significant challenges that exist in terms of design, available materials, processes, and the ability to fabricate true three-dimensional structures and systems at a microscale. For instance, microscale AM fabrication technologies are associated with certain limitations and constraints due to the scale aspect, which may require the establishment and use of specialized design methodologies in order to overcome them. The aim of this paper is to review the main processes, materials, and applications of the current microscale AM technology, to present future research needs for this technology, and to discuss the need for the introduction of a design methodology. Thus, one of the primary concerns of the current paper is to present the design aspects describing the comparative advantages and AM limitations at the microscale, as well as the selection of processes and materials.
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spelling pubmed-91472982022-05-29 Design Aspects of Additive Manufacturing at Microscale: A Review Rogkas, Nikolaos Vakouftsis, Christos Spitas, Vasilios Lagaros, Nikos D. Georgantzinos, Stelios K. Micromachines (Basel) Review Additive manufacturing (AM) technology has been researched and developed for almost three decades. Microscale AM is one of the fastest-growing fields of research within the AM area. Considerable progress has been made in the development and commercialization of new and innovative microscale AM processes, as well as several practical applications in a variety of fields. However, there are still significant challenges that exist in terms of design, available materials, processes, and the ability to fabricate true three-dimensional structures and systems at a microscale. For instance, microscale AM fabrication technologies are associated with certain limitations and constraints due to the scale aspect, which may require the establishment and use of specialized design methodologies in order to overcome them. The aim of this paper is to review the main processes, materials, and applications of the current microscale AM technology, to present future research needs for this technology, and to discuss the need for the introduction of a design methodology. Thus, one of the primary concerns of the current paper is to present the design aspects describing the comparative advantages and AM limitations at the microscale, as well as the selection of processes and materials. MDPI 2022-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9147298/ /pubmed/35630242 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/mi13050775 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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